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Best practice recommendations for conducting after-action reviews to enhance public health preparedness

Description

The threat of serious, cross-border infectious disease outbreaks in Europe is a significant challenge in terms of public health emergency preparedness (PHEP). An integral part of improving preparedness and response planning is learning from past experience. Conducting after-action reviews (AARs) on public health emergencies is one such approach, but there is no standardised approach to conducting such assessments. This report identifies the common features of AARs, develops a validity assessment tool for appraising AARs, and proposes a set of best practice recommendations.


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Publication

2018

Authors

European Centre for Disease Control

Emergency

Ebola, Cholera, Epidemics, Conflict, Disaster, Zika, COVID-19

Language

English

Region

Keywords

Social Science Tools, Emergency response, Disease outbreaks, preparedness, after-action reviews, FAQ